Best area in SE to rent with four dogs
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Best area in SE to rent with four dogs
Hi guys
Does anyone else have a large extended animal family? We have four dogs and two cats (yes, I know!) and would look to buy a detached home in Kent (even if the commute is longer, to give us as much space as possible) when we've been there for a couple of years. To start with though, we're going to have to rent. What areas in the SE are known to have pet-friendly attitudes to rentals, with large gardens to run in around in?
Thanks very much
Does anyone else have a large extended animal family? We have four dogs and two cats (yes, I know!) and would look to buy a detached home in Kent (even if the commute is longer, to give us as much space as possible) when we've been there for a couple of years. To start with though, we're going to have to rent. What areas in the SE are known to have pet-friendly attitudes to rentals, with large gardens to run in around in?
Thanks very much
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Re: Best area in SE to rent with four dogs
Hi guys
Does anyone else have a large extended animal family? We have four dogs and two cats (yes, I know!) and would look to buy a detached home in Kent (even if the commute is longer, to give us as much space as possible) when we've been there for a couple of years. To start with though, we're going to have to rent. What areas in the SE are known to have pet-friendly attitudes to rentals, with large gardens to run in around in?
Thanks very much
Does anyone else have a large extended animal family? We have four dogs and two cats (yes, I know!) and would look to buy a detached home in Kent (even if the commute is longer, to give us as much space as possible) when we've been there for a couple of years. To start with though, we're going to have to rent. What areas in the SE are known to have pet-friendly attitudes to rentals, with large gardens to run in around in?
Thanks very much
The commute is not bad either because of fast access via Ashford to St Pancras. I just don't think there is anything much closer in to London with rolling countryside / animal-friendly apart from maybe around Horsmonden with access via a short drive to Tonbridge? or Paddock Wood.
This would be right up your alley and in the right area for the commute - back where your search started originally:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...?premiumA=true
Not sure about this for pets as they are not mentioned but the area is right:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-...-34960282.html
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Thanks Pete! Things keep drawing me back to the Ashford/Canterbury region. As always, your precise locations and examples (and links!) are really helpful. Thank you
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'Er Indoors (who knows about these things) says four dogs will be hard to find a renter, even with a large deposit. (We also have four ourselves).
Your best route might be to find the property first. You may not have the luxury of picking the area.
Also be aware that the railway lines into London only go as far as the mainline stations. (I know - pretty obvious). West Sussex trains do go to London, but getting into the City can be hard, while the West End is easy. Kent is pretty good for both, although your journey times go up a lot as you ,move outwards.
Hertfordshire and Essex are good for the City and North London.
Surrey and Hampshire easier for the West End.
Of course you can use tubes and buses, but this does add considerably to journey times.
Sorry If I am stating the bleeding obvious, but travel through London is VERY crowded and expensive and often unreliable. The new overground hardly runs some days.
Your best route might be to find the property first. You may not have the luxury of picking the area.
Also be aware that the railway lines into London only go as far as the mainline stations. (I know - pretty obvious). West Sussex trains do go to London, but getting into the City can be hard, while the West End is easy. Kent is pretty good for both, although your journey times go up a lot as you ,move outwards.
Hertfordshire and Essex are good for the City and North London.
Surrey and Hampshire easier for the West End.
Of course you can use tubes and buses, but this does add considerably to journey times.
Sorry If I am stating the bleeding obvious, but travel through London is VERY crowded and expensive and often unreliable. The new overground hardly runs some days.
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Also be aware that the railway lines into London only go as far as the mainline stations. (I know - pretty obvious). West Sussex trains do go to London, but getting into the City can be hard, while the West End is easy. Kent is pretty good for both, although your journey times go up a lot as you ,move outwards.
Hertfordshire and Essex are good for the City and North London.
Surrey and Hampshire easier for the West End.
Of course you can use tubes and buses, but this does add considerably to journey times.
Sorry If I am stating the bleeding obvious, but travel through London is VERY crowded and expensive and often unreliable. The new overground hardly runs some days.
Hertfordshire and Essex are good for the City and North London.
Surrey and Hampshire easier for the West End.
Of course you can use tubes and buses, but this does add considerably to journey times.
Sorry If I am stating the bleeding obvious, but travel through London is VERY crowded and expensive and often unreliable. The new overground hardly runs some days.
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Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
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Jasey
Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
Coming in from Wye, changing at Ashford takes 52 minutes. From Westenhanger 57 minutes.
Both Wye and Westenhanger offer access to surrounding open country ideal for animals. Use these for searching on rightmove in due course.
I would also think that it is worth looking at the area around Bells Yew Green SE of Tunbridge Wells for open country and pet/possible rentals using Frant or Wadhurst stations with access to Cannon Street for the City and Ch X. In the rush hour, fastest service from Frant to Cannon Street is 59 mins (54 mins coming out) to Ch X a tick over the hour. Renting is affordable there but buying isn't.
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Jasey
Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
Ashford benefits from cheap (comparatively) property and an absolutely first rate train service (along the Channel rail link lines) of about half an hour into London. BUT it only goes into St Pancras I think.
It is the old lines and connections into Victoria and they are a LOT slower.
There still is service into Charing Cross from Ashford but it takes about 1hr 20mins because it stops at all the intermediate stations in the Weald unlike the days of old when there was fast service from Ashford to Tonbridge and then only London Bridge before Waterloo East and Ch X. SouthEastern push the High Speed service to St P over everything else now, for good reason as it is indeed fast at only 36 minutes.
Coming in from Wye, changing at Ashford takes 52 minutes. From Westenhanger 57 minutes.
Both Wye and Westenhanger offer access to surrounding open country ideal for animals. Use these for searching on rightmove in due course.
I would also think that it is worth looking at the area around Bells Yew Green SE of Tunbridge Wells for open country and pet/possible rentals using Frant or Wadhurst stations with access to Cannon Street for the City and Ch X. In the rush hour, fastest service from Frant to Cannon Street is 59 mins (54 mins coming out) to Ch X a tick over the hour. Renting is affordable there but buying isn't.
Coming in from Wye, changing at Ashford takes 52 minutes. From Westenhanger 57 minutes.
Both Wye and Westenhanger offer access to surrounding open country ideal for animals. Use these for searching on rightmove in due course.
I would also think that it is worth looking at the area around Bells Yew Green SE of Tunbridge Wells for open country and pet/possible rentals using Frant or Wadhurst stations with access to Cannon Street for the City and Ch X. In the rush hour, fastest service from Frant to Cannon Street is 59 mins (54 mins coming out) to Ch X a tick over the hour. Renting is affordable there but buying isn't.
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Have a go at this site - goes some quick info on potentials.
BTW We are in Ware and had a time finding a place for one dog!
http://www.commutefrom.co.uk/
BTW We are in Ware and had a time finding a place for one dog!
http://www.commutefrom.co.uk/
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Have a go at this site - goes some quick info on potentials.
BTW We are in Ware and had a time finding a place for one dog!
http://www.commutefrom.co.uk/
BTW We are in Ware and had a time finding a place for one dog!
http://www.commutefrom.co.uk/
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Hi jasey. We have 4 dogs and it was a nightmare. However we found the BEST place to live - a lovely town called Westerham just outside Bromley near Sevenoaks in Kent. The commute to London is easy and you are basically in zone 6 which means oyster card or travel card. The company we rented from were fine with dogs. We actually rented on a country estate. Check out the area online and if you like it contact the lettings agency in town. They're called Karrisons. Good luck!
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Hi jasey. We have 4 dogs and it was a nightmare. However we found the BEST place to live - a lovely town called Westerham just outside Bromley near Sevenoaks in Kent. The commute to London is easy and you are basically in zone 6 which means oyster card or travel card. The company we rented from were fine with dogs. We actually rented on a country estate. Check out the area online and if you like it contact the lettings agency in town. They're called Karrisons. Good luck!
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no worries. It's a fantastic area. And my dogs LOVE it!!!! We live on a 2600 acre country estate so walk out of our door onto farmland and woodland. Heaven!!
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